Tag: "Charles Jenkins"

Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show Grows Bigger
0 Comments. 256 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2013 @ 8:05pm.
More guests have been announce for the Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show – a fundraising event for Melbourne publicist Karen Conrad and her family to assist in treatment for her son Grant's cystic fibrosis.  Charles Jenkins, The Darling Downs, Kerri Simpson, Suzannah Espie, Krista Polvere, Quincy McLean and more will be playing tunes on the day, while Mikelangelo will be crooning a song... Read More
These Machines Cut Razor Wire Fundraiser
0 Comments. 348 Views. Posted 7 Feb 2013 @ 3:42pm.
The Thornbury Theatre is welcoming back These Machines Cut Razor Wire. Chris Wilson, Charles Jenkins, Les Thomas, Suzannah Espie, The Stillsons and Jed Rowe will all take to the stage to raise funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, with more acts yet to be announced. Read More
Artful Dodgers Studios - Jesse Hooper
0 Comments. 458 Views. Posted 5 Feb 2013 @ 1:19pm.
Jesse Hooper has had a long and varied career in the Australian music scene. With his sister Ella he formed Killing Heidi back in 1996, a band that released three albums and attained much critical and commercial success, and multiple ARIA awards in the early to mid-2000s. The band had run its course by 2006 and went on indefinite hiatus that year. 2010 saw the brother and sister pair re-surface... Read More
Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos
0 Comments. 481 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2012 @ 9:40am.
Charles Jenkins has notched up more than a quarter of a century in this funny old business of music. Starting out in power pop bands the Mad Turks From Istanbul followed by Icecream Hands, Jenkins moved into solo territory, releasing five albums and co-writing with Mick Thomas, Angie Hart and Suzannah Espie in recent times. He also runs a number of song writing, vocal and performance workshops... Read More
4th Annual Winter Ball
0 Comments. 663 Views. Posted 17 Jul 2012 @ 2:09pm.
Charles Jenkins is clear on the highlight of each year’s Winter Ball.  “It’s that two hours when I’m up on stage, performing – that’s really rewarding” Jenkins says.  “There’s a lot of organisation that goes into the Winter Ball, and I’ve got some great people helping out with the event, and doing the things that I couldn’t do.  But just to get up there and play for a couple of... Read More
Winter Ball First Lineup Announced
0 Comments. 1,258 Views. Posted 25 May 2012 @ 7:52am.
The exceedingly popular Winter Ball, hosted by Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos, had locked in its 2012 date at The Corner. Now we can wrap our eyes around the very tasty first lineup announcement. The first round of artists includes Melbourne soul queen Suzannah Espie, rock n' roller Joel Silbersher, the fabulously dreamy Orbweavers, new kid Alex Lashlie, surf western genius... Read More
Raise The Roof for Pure Pop
0 Comments. 1,307 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2012 @ 2:07pm.
St Kilda's Pure Pop Records are the trifecta; record store, cafe, and live music venue in one. However, in order to keep it that way (and the neighbours happy) owner Dave Stevens has organised Raise the Roof at the Prince Bandroom, to help fund the store's renovations. The evening will see performances from acts such as Ron S Peno & The Superstitions, Henry Wagons, The Underground Lovers,... Read More
Q&A With: Autumn Gray
0 Comments. 1,288 Views. Posted 16 Nov 2011 @ 10:32am.
Your name: Greg   Your band's name:   Autumn Gray     What's the deal with the band's name:   Someone suggested that the new band's name should "...have no connotations, something like 'Autumn Gray'...", and thus it was born. There is also a little character named 'Autumn Gray'; you can find him hiding on our album art and website.   Define your... Read More
Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos
0 Comments. 2,822 Views. Posted 12 Jul 2011 @ 1:57pm.
At the third annual Winter Ball event, host and super-connected musician, Charles Jenkins once again rallied Melbourne's finest for a heart and hand warming night of song.  Jenkins' band The Zhivagos are joined throughout by enough guest artists to bash out a modern day Do They Know It's Christmas at the drop of a hat - which we are thankfully spared. Instead, the desperate to stay warm... Read More
Experimental Gentlemen : Music Meets Art
0 Comments. 2,406 Views. Posted 26 May 2011 @ 8:55pm.
When the likes of some of Australia's most poignant artists created there masterpieces to mirror the colonial setting of a pioneer new world Australia, they surely didn't hypothesize a counterpart of contemporary rock music. Experimental gentlemen' is an interactive art exhibition complied of artworks from the Grimwade collection including pieces by John Skinner Prout, William Strutt,... Read More
Push Songs Open For Applicants
0 Comments. 1,285 Views. Posted 29 Mar 2011 @ 9:58am.
  Calling all Victorian Songwriters! Want to hone your song writing skills with some of the music industry’s best?   Jeff Lang, Abby Dobson, Jen Cloher and Mark Seymour are taking a break from the stage and studio to give Charles Jenkins a hand with the innovative and inspiring songwriter’s program, Push Songs. Held in May and June the program aims to assist upcoming and emerging... Read More
Gigs On The Grind - Charles Jenkins
0 Comments. 1,976 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
While weaving through the frantic motions of Melbourne’s bustling city streets, it’s usually those unexpected events and strange social interactions that prove to be the most intriguing or unforgettable. Pausing along the walkway to inspect, admiringly, a beautiful painting; recalling foreign language skills gained through schooling to translate... Read More
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